Tips for Sleeping in a Noisy Hotel Room

Sleeping in a noisy hotel room may seem difficult, but a few ways to combat the noise include earplugs, turning on the fan, creating white noise or muffling hallway sounds with a towel under the door. Learn about speaking to a front desk clerk about getting a quiet room with help from a travel author in this video on hotel rooms and travel tips.

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Hi, I'm Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding, here with some travel tips for you. Right now I want to talk about some tips on how to sleep in a noisy hotel room. Now, one very simple option is to simply get some earplugs. Now, you can get these in most any drug store%3Bh sometimes even the hardware store will sell them. They're very cheap, and they're actually very effective. Another way to combat noise is to use some noise of your own, some white noise. You can use headphones, you can bring your iPod ear buds, you can turn on your clock radio. Even your room fan or your bathroom fan are going to kind of compete with the noise that's going on outside your room and help you sleep better. A third option is to block the noise at its source. If your hall is really noisy, just take a towel and sort of stuff it underneath the door and sort of muffle that sound. Similarly, if you have a lot of street noise coming in from the window, close the curtains, draw the blinds, block that noise with a little bit of fabric. And if your neighbors are being really noise, don't be afraid to call the front desk and complain, especially if it's late at night. One thing to keep in mind through all of this is that you can combat a noisy hotel room before you ever check in. Don't be afraid to ask the clerk if you can see the room before you check in, and you can strategically avoid noisy hotel rooms. For example, a lower room facing the street is probably going to catch the traffic noise. If your room is near a disco or some other place that has large crowds late at night, it's probably going to be noisy as well. Find a room that isn't facing the street%3Bh find a room that's maybe higher up in the hotel. And if you do have a room that's consistently noisy, don't be afraid to ask to have a new room that's quieter. I'm Rolf Potts, and these are some travel tips on how to sleep well in a noisy hotel room.